Building a Safe Room in Your House

For more details about how you can build a safe room in your home, go to the FEMA P- 320, Taking Shelter from the Storm: Building a Safe Room for Your Home or Small Business page before downloading it from the FEMA Library. For more information on residential safe room doors, please download the Residential Tornado Safe Room Doors Fact Sheet.

Readers looking for a more technical discussion of safe rooms (including design criteria) should go to the FEMA P-361, Design and Construction Guidance for Community Safe Rooms page to download it from the FEMA Library.

Residential Funding Opportunities

Grants, funding opportunities and various initiatives are available for individuals wishing to build a residential safe room. See the resources below for additional information: